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All good things come to an end. Or so they say. AFTN has been around since 1989, first as a fanzine and then making the jump to a website and forum in 2003. We've been through the many ups and down at East Fife in those 12 years but policing the forum has become a giant pain in the ass in recent years. As such, we made the decision not to renew it when it expired.

The forum is no more and will remain as a locked archive until it is eventually deleted by the host. We're looking in to try to save some of the content as an archive.

This is not the end of AFTN though. The site will continue and will be revamped and return in its full glory for the start of the 2016/17 season. Maybe even sooner. There will be a comment sections and possibly even a new, registered forum. Check our Twitter (@aftnwebsite) for all the latest info and we'll also post in on the EFFC memories Facebook page.

Until then, have a last browse here, thanks for all your support over the years, and 'Mon the Fife.

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Eugene Clarke
Feb 19, 2007 - 8:16AM
Courier Report of Arbroath Match

Slack defending costs Fifers
DIVISION THREE
EAST FIFE stumbled to another defeat as ARB-ROATH took advantage of some slack defending to leapfrog the Methil men into third place.

Alan Brazil fired the visitors into the lead after just two minutes, outpacing the home defence to beat Iain Ross at the post, and Andy Reilly made it two just before the break when he just got a touch to Paul Watson’s inswinging corner.

The Fifers were reduced to 10 men early in the second half when Neil Jablonski, booked earlier for dissent, was shown a second yellow card for the softest of fouls.

It was a ludicrous decision by whistle-happy John McKendrick, whose insistence on blowing for every slight contact and refusal to play advantage made for a scrappy game.

Strangely, the sending-off seemed to galvanise Dave Baikie’s men, and when substitute Paul Ritchie reduced the deficit in 67 minutes with a cracking volley, there was the feeling they might grab an unlikely point.

They should have when Greig McDonald was left with a free header in the dying moments, but he sent his effort tamely wide.

“Our first-half performance let us down and our concentration levels were poor—it’s something which is hurting us a lot,” said Baikie. “It was a disappointing result.

“The sending off was dreadful. For me, he pulled out of the tackle and hardly touched him.

“We then got ourselves back in the game and put them under a bit of pressure, and Greig had that great chance to level.”

The Fifers have now gone eight games without a win and Baikie admitted that confidence is low.

“We just need a win to get us going again and we have to work to get it sooner rather than later,” he added.

Lichties boss John McGlashan was understandably delighted with the result.

“We knew it was always going to be difficult, but we got off to a terrific start and had a terrific end to the first half,” he said

“East Fife responded really well after the sending off to score a wonderful goal and it gave them a lift.

“We couldn’t get the third goal to kill the game off, but we played things out at the end very professionally.

“I’m very happy, it was a tremendous effort,” he said.

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